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‘Rebecca’ Faces Broadway Postponement

By Patrick Healy September 30, 2012 2:56 pmSeptember 30, 2012 2:56 pm

4:35 p.m. | Updated
An executive involved with the Broadway musical “Rebecca” said on Sunday that the show would be postponed because its lead producers were unable to close a $4.5 million gap in its $12 million budget.

One of the lead producers, Ben Sprecher, planned to meet with the show’s creative team on Sunday afternoon and then inform cast members and make a public announcement. In a statement on Sunday afternoon, Mr. Sprecher and another producer, Louise Forlenza, confirmed the postponement.

The executive who disclosed the postponement spoke on condition of anonymity because Mr. Sprecher wanted to make the public announcement. The executive said Mr. Sprecher still hoped to mount “Rebecca” on Broadway someday. Mr. Sprecher had been searching for new money since a reported $4.5 million commitment from a mystery investor identified as Paul Abrams fell through last month. Reports surfaced in September that Mr. Abrams died of malaria in August, although no obituaries, death notices or other records for him have been found.

Correction: October 2, 2012Because of an editing error, a report in the “Arts, Briefly” column on Monday about the collapse of plans to stage the musical “Rebecca” on Broadway this fall misstated the month in which reports surfaced that an investor in the show identified as Paul Abrams had died. It was September, not August. (The reports said that Mr. Abrams died in August, although no obituaries, death notices or other records for him have been found. An article about further developments is on Page C1.)

A version of this article appears in print on 10/01/2012, on page C3 of the NewYork edition with the headline: Amid Money Trouble, ‘Rebecca’ Is Postponed.